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Nathan Daniel Hartley (born January 17, 1992) is an American actor. He is best-known for his starring role as Wade in Drillbit Taylor. Hartley was born in Ravenna, Ohio, the son of Michele and Rei Hartley. He has a sister, Danielle. He began his career in 1997 at the age of five by performing magic for his family and friends. He went to school at Rootstown Elementary School in Portage County, Ohio for a number years and then moved on to other schools. After several years of success in local venues, he was encouraged by several local directors and Lake Middle School (Hartville, Ohio) teacher Barb Cockroft, at age 13, to pursue his acting career in Hollywood. His bodyguard is the venerable Steve in North Hollywood, a frequent caller to The Best Show on WFMU.

Soon after he moved to Los Angeles, he immediately began acting classes and pursuing a professional acting career. His years of performing magic for family and friends paid off when he became accepted as a professional member of the Hollywood Magic Castle`s Junior Magician Society. Hartley`s professional career began as a guest star on The Bernie Mac Show. His career continued during the summer of 2006 when he played a recurring role on the Nickelodeon series Unfabulous and acted opposite John Malkovich in the 2008 feature film The Great Buck Howard. His first lead role was in a feature film, Drillbit Taylor with Owen Wilson. He also had a role as a member of the LARPing event in Role Models with Paul Rudd and Sean William Scott. He also made a cameo appearance in Fanboys. He has two national commercials airing in 2008 with State Farm Insurance and Time Warner Cable. Hartley recently made an appearance on an episode of the Disney show, Hannah Montana and had also guest starred on JONAS as Joe`s annoying friend Carl. Hartley enjoys directing and producing films and hopes to attend UCLA, majoring in directing and special effects. He has started his own company Prodigy Productions, a production company owned and operated by teens. He currently divides his time between California and Ohio when possible.

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